Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
2016.1.175 |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Description |
B/W image scanned from a negative of the photograph of an Oliver Hart-Parr Model 18-28 tractor with rear tiptoe wheels pulling an Oliver 8-foot double gang soil pulverizer. The pulverizer was used to break up large chunks of dirt and prepare the soil for planting. Unknown photograph location. 1934 ca. The manufacturer of the Oliver Hart-Parr 18-28 engine was Oliver and Waukesha. The engine was an in-line four cylinder, 280 cubic inch motor. It produced about 25 horsepower. The tractor's engine was started by gasoline, but actually ran on kerosene. Approximately 3,928 of these tractors were produced from 1930 to 1937. Headlights are installed on the pictured tractor, Oliver Hart-Parr were the first mass production tractor manufacturer to put lights on their tractors. |
Collection |
Oliver Company Photograph Collection |
Credit line |
The History Museum Collection |
Search Terms |
Oliver Hart-Parr Company Oliver Hart-Parr Co. Oliver Hart-Parr Co Oliver Hart Parr Company Oliver Hart Parr Co. Oliver Hart Parr Co Oliver Chilled Plow Works OLIVER Chilled Plow Works Oliver Chilled Plow Co. O.C.P. Works Oliver's Chilled Plow Works Oliver Chilled Plough Works O.C.P.W. Oliver Plow Works Oliver Farm Machinery Oliver Farm Equipment Corporation OLIVER Farm Equipment Corporation Oliver Farm Equipment Corp. Oliver Agricultural Equipment Corporation Oliver Farming Equipment Corp. Oliver Farm Machinery Corporation Oliver Agriculture Equipment Corp. Oliver Tractors & Equipment Corporation Oliver Implements Corporation Charles City, Iowa Charles City, IA Charles City, IA USA Charles City, IA United States South Bend, Indiana South Bend, IN South Bend, IN, USA Saint Joseph County, Indiana St. Joseph County, Indiana St Joseph County, Indiana St. Joseph Co., Indiana St Joseph Co., Indiana St. Joseph County, IN St Joseph County, IN |
Subjects |
Agricultural industries Agricultural machinery & implements Agricultural productivity Agriculture Farming Farms Tractors |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |